Maverick director Shankar is right now busy with the pre production work of his high budget graphical extravaganza Robo 2.

Rajinikanth is currently wrapping up his balance work for Kabali and will soon join the sets of Robo 2. Meanwhile Shankar is getting everything in place for a marathon schedule.

As per the grapevine Shankar has signed up Amy Jackson for an important character in Robo 2. Amy who also played the female lead in Shankar’s previous film I will be reprising the role of a sexy robot in this one.

Deepika Padukone is in talks for the female lead but Amy is happy to be a part of this magnum opus.

Shankar is planning this as an international project and the budget of this film is estimated to be over 250 crore. Which means this film is going to be costlier than Baahubali 1 and 2 put together.

Shankar is signing up some of the big names of Hollywood for Robo 2 to grab the attention of world audience.